A residual material separation device

ABSTRACT

A residual material separation device, including: a loading platform, configured to support a display panel; a fixing portion, configured to fix the display panel; a pressing portion configured to apply a pressing force to the residual material.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is the International Application No. PCT/CN2018/117109for entry into US national phase, with an international filing date ofNov. 23, 2018 designating the U.S., now pending, and claims priority toChinese Patent Application No.201820955525.4, filed on Jun. 20, 2018,the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present application relates to the technical field of mechanicalautomation, and more particularly to a residual material separationdevice.

BACKGROUND

With the continuous development of mechanical automation technology,mechanical apparatus has gradually replaced traditional manual labor andplayed a huge role in automated production. In the field of displaypanels, a cutting apparatus is a common automated device, in which, asubstrate is cut into a small-sized stick, then the stick is cut into adisplay panel, and finally a residual material located at an end of acircuit layer of the display panel is manually removed such that theresidual material is separated from the display panel and falling off,thereby the entire cutting process is completed.

However, in practical applications, when the residual material ismanually separated, the force, angle, and position of the human handcannot be precisely controlled, so that some of the residual materialcannot be effectively separated, and it is easy to scratch the end ofthe circuit layer, thereby causing the entire display panel is scrapped,and manual separation of the residual material can also seriously damagethe worker's fingers, the efficiency is low and labor costs is high.

SUMMARY

An object of the present application is to provide a residual materialseparation device, including but not limited to solve the technicalproblem that the work efficiency is low and the finger is easy to bedamaged by manual separation of the residual material.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the technical solutionadopted by the embodiment of the present application is that a residualmaterial separation device includes:

a loading platform, configured to support a display panel, the displaypanel including a substrate layer, a circuit layer, and residualmaterial at a lateral side of the circuit layer, the loading platform isconfigured to contact with the circuit layer of the display panel and toavoid the residual material;

a fixing portion, configured to contact with the substrate layer of thedisplay panel to fix the display panel to the loading platform;

a pressing portion, disposed on a side of the loading platform to applya pressing force to a part of the substrate layer adjacent to theresidual material, the residual material being separated from thedisplay panel under the action of the pressing force and freely fallsoff.

In an embodiment, the pressing portion includes:

a support;

a rotation shaft, disposed on a side of the support; and

a first pressing member, connected to the rotation shaft and rotatablerelative to the support to apply a pressing force to a part of thesubstrate layer adjacent to the residual material.

In an embodiment, the support is in an L-shaped, an end of the supportis disposed on the loading platform, and the rotation shaft is disposedon the other end of the support.

In an embodiment, the pressing portion includes a buffer layer disposedon a side of the pressing portion in contact with the substrate layer.

In an embodiment, the buffer layer is a rubber layer or a silica gellayer with a hardness lower than a hardness of the substrate layer;

the rubber layer or the silica gel layer with a Mohs hardness rangesfrom 50 to 60 and a thickness ranges from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm

In an embodiment, the pressing portion includes a buffer layer disposedon a side of the first pressing member in contact with the substratelayer.

In an embodiment, the buffer layer is a rubber layer or a silica gellayer with a hardness lower than a hardness of the substrate layer;

the rubber layer or the silica gel layer with a Mohs hardness rangesfrom 50 to 60 and a thickness ranges from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm

In an embodiment, an acute angle formed between the pressing portion andthe substrate layer ranges from 15° to 75°.

In an embodiment, an acute angle formed between the first pressingmember and the substrate layer ranges from 15° to 75°.

In an embodiment, an acute angle formed between the pressing portion andthe substrate layer ranges from 30° to 45°.

In an embodiment, an acute angle formed between the first pressingmember and the substrate layer ranges from 30° to 45°.

In an embodiment, a side of the first pressing member away from therotation shaft is provided with a grippable handle.

In an embodiment, the residual material separation device furtherincludes a first drive motor connected to the first pressing member todrive the first pressing member to rotate.

In an embodiment, the fixing portion includes:

a positioning member, disposed on a side of an upper surface of theloading platform away from the pressing portion and configured tocontact with a side of the display panel away from the residual materialto define a position of the display panel;

a fixing member, configured to contact with an upper surface of thesubstrate layer and apply a pressing force to the substrate layer to fixthe display panel to the loading platform.

In an embodiment, the fixing portion further includes a second pressingmember in contact with the fixing member to control the fixing member tomove to apply a pressing force to the substrate layer via the fixingmember.

In an embodiment, the residual material separation device furtherincludes a second drive motor connected to the second pressing member todrive the second pressing member to move.

Another object of the present application is to provide a residualmaterial separation device includes:

a loading platform, configured to support a display panel, the displaypanel including a substrate layer, a circuit layer, and residualmaterial at a lateral side of the circuit layer, the loading platform isconfigured to contact with the circuit layer of the display panel and toavoid the residual material;

a fixing portion, configured to contact with the substrate layer of thedisplay panel to fix the display panel to the loading platform;

a pressing portion, disposed on a side of the loading platform to applya pressing force to a part of the substrate layer adjacent to theresidual material, the residual material being separated from thedisplay panel under the action of the pressing force and free fall off;

the pressing portion includes:

a support;

a rotation shaft, disposed on a side of the support;

a first pressing member, connected to the rotation shaft and rotatablerelative to the support to apply a pressing force to a part of thesubstrate layer adjacent to the residual material; and

an acute angle formed between the first pressing member and thesubstrate layer is 38°.

The residual material separation device provided by the embodiment ofthe present application improves the work efficiency, reduces the laborcosts by mechanical substitution, and the structure is simple and issuitable for widespread use.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to explain the embodiments of the present application moreclearly, a brief introduction regarding the accompanying drawings thatneed to be used for describing the embodiments of the presentapplication or the prior art is given below; it is obvious that theaccompanying drawings described as follows are only some embodiments ofthe present application, for those skilled in the art, other drawingscan also be obtained according to the current drawings on the premise ofpaying no creative labor.

FIG. 1 is a structural block diagram of a residual material separationdevice according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a structural block diagram of a residual material separationdevice provided by another embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a structural block diagram of a residual material separationdevice according to further embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a residual material separationdevice provided by further embodiment of the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to make the purpose, the technical solution and the advantagesof the present application be clearer and more understandable, thepresent application will be further described in detail below withreference to accompanying figures and embodiments. It should beunderstood that the specific embodiments described herein are merelyintended to illustrate but not to limit the present application.

It is noted that when a component is referred to as being “fixed to” or“disposed at” another component, it can be directly or indirectly onanother component. When a component is referred to as being “connectedto” another component, it can be directly or indirectly connected toanother component. Directions or location relationships indicated byterms such as “length”, “width”, “up”, “down”, “front”, “rear”, “left”,“right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside”, “outside”,and so on are the directions or location relationships shown in theaccompanying figures, which are only intended to describe the presentapplication conveniently and simplify the description, but not toindicate or imply that an indicated device or component must havespecific locations or be constructed and manipulated according tospecific locations; therefore, these terms shouldn't be considered asany limitation to the present application. Terms “the first” and “thesecond” are only used in describe purposes, and should not be consideredas indicating or implying any relative importance, or impliedlyindicating the number of indicated technical features. As such,technical feature(s) restricted by “the first” or “the second” canexplicitly or impliedly comprise one or more such technical feature(s).In the description of the present application, “a plurality of” meanstwo or more, unless there is additional explicit and specificlimitation.

In order to explain the technical solutions described in the presentapplication, the following detailed description will be made inconjunction with the specific drawings and embodiments.

A residual material separation device 100 is provided by an embodimentof the present application, including a loading platform 10, a fixingportion 20, and a pressing portion 30.

The loading platform 10 is disposed to support the display panel 200.The display panel 200 includes a circuit layer 201, residual material202 on the side of the circuit layer 201, and a substrate layer 203. Theloading platform 10 is disposed to be in contract with the circuit layer201 of the display panel 200 and to avoid the residual material 202.

In an application, the circuit layer 201 is an electronic circuitdisposed on the substrate layer 203, the substrate layer 203 is acarrier for the circuit layer 201 to be disposed, and the substratelayer 203 is made of a photic material. The photic material can selectany material suitable for the display panel 200 according to actualneeds, for example, glass.

In an embodiment, the display panel 200 is a small-sized panel, and thedisplay panel 200 can be a panel of a display device of any smallersize, such as a tablet, a laptop, a mobile phone, a personal digitalassistant, a small-sized LCD TV, or the like.

In an application, the loading platform 10 may be a trapezoidal loadingplatform, a rectangular loading platform or a side-by-side arrangementof a plurality of discrete structures, and an upper surface of theloading platform 10 can be in surface contract with, in distributed linecontact with (i.e., a plurality of line contact positions), or indistributed point contact with (i.e., a plurality of point contactpositions) a lower surface (i.e., the lower surface of the circuit layer201) of the display panel 200, thereby ensure that the display panel 200is evenly placed on the loading platform 10.

In an application, the loading platform 10 is not in contact with theresidual material 202 on the side of the circuit layer 201, that is, anend of the display panel 200 with residual material 202 is suspendedsuch that the residual material 202 can be freely fallen off after beingsubjected by a pressing force.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, the loading platform 10is exemplarily shown as a rectangular loading platform.

The fixing portion 20 is disposed to be in contact with the substratelayer 203 of the display panel 200 and is not in contact with a side ofthe substrate layer 203 adjacent to the residual material 202, and isconfigured to fix the display panel 200 to the loading platform 10.

In an application, the fixing portion 20 can fix the display panel 200to the loading platform 10 in any no damage fixing manner, thereby thedamage to the display panel 200 can be avoided. For example, the fixingportion 10 may include a fixing member 22 applying a pressing force to asurface of display panel 200away from the loading platform 10by its owngravity, and the fixing portion 10 may further include a positioningmember 21applying a pressing force to a side surface of the displaypanel 200.

In an application, the fixing portion 20 is not in contact with a sideof the substrate layer 203 adjacent to the residual material, that is,the display panel 200 has no shelter above the residual material 202,which facilitates the pressing portion 30 applying a pressing force to aside of the substrate layer 20 adjacent to the residual material 202.

The pressing portion 30 is disposed on a side of the loading platform 10adjacent to the residual material 202, and is configured to apply apressing force to a side of the substrate layer 203 adjacent to theresidual material 202, so that the residual material 202 subjected tothe pressing force is separated from display panel 200and freely fallsoff.

In an application, since the force transmission, the pressing forceapplied to a side of the substrate layer 203 adjacent to the residualmaterial 202 can be transmitted to the residual material 202, so thatthe residual material 202 indirectly subjected to the pressing force canbe separated from the display panel 200, and subjected to its owngravity acts freely to fall off.

In an application, since the contact portion between the residualmaterial 202 and the circuit layer 201 is a cutting line, when theresidual material 202 is subjected to a pressing force, the pressingforce can be transmitted to the cutting line, causing the cutting lineto be broken by stress, thereby and the residual material 202 isseparated from the circuit layer 201,which can effectively protect theend portion of the circuit layer 201 such that the circuit layer 201 isnot damaged.

In an application, in order to make the pressing force applied by thepressing portion 30 to the substrate layer 203can be uniformly appliedto the residual material 202 or the cutting line, the pressing portion30 needs to be in line contact with, in surface contract with, indistributed line contact with, or in distributed point contact with aforce-bearing position of the substrate layer 203 to realize evenlyapplying force and evenly bearing force. The pressing portion 30 may beany structure capable of being in line contact with, in surface contactwith, in distributed line contact with, or in distributed point contactwith a side of the substrate layer 203 adjacent to the residualmaterial, as long as the substrate layer 203 is ensured that the uppersurface of the side of the residual material 202 is evenly stressed.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the present embodiment, the pressing portion 30is exemplarily shown to have a flat plate structure.

In an application, in order to facilitate the pressing portion 30applying a pressing force to the substrate layer 203, there should be acertain angle between the pressing portion 30and the substrate layer203, when the pressing portion 30 is in contact with the substrate layer203.

In an embodiment, when the pressing portion 30 is in contact with thesubstrate layer 203, the acute angle formed between the pressing portion30 and the substrate layer 203 ranges from 15° to 75°.

In an embodiment, when the pressing portion 30 is in contact with thesubstrate layer 203, the acute angle formed between the pressing portion30 and the substrate layer 203 ranges from 30° to 45°, and optional be38°.

In an embodiment, the pressing portion 30 includes a buffer layer 331disposed on a side of the pressing portion 30 in contact with thesubstrate layer 203, and the buffer layer 331is disposed to make apressing force applied by the pressing portion 30 gently apply to thesubstrate layer 203.

In a specific application, in order to avoid damage to the substratelayer 203 when the residual material 202 is separated, a buffer layer331 made of a buffer material may be provided on a side of the pressingportion 30 in contact with the substrate layer 203, so that the pressingportion 30 can gently apply the pressing force to the substrate layer203.

In an application, the buffer layer 331 may be made of any buffermaterial with a hardness lower than a hardness of the substrate layer203, for example, a rubber layer made of a rubber material or a silicagel layer made of a silica gel material; in which the rubber layer orthe silica gel layer with a Mohs hardness ranges from 50 to 60 and athickness ranges from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm

In the embodiment of the present application, by applying a pressingforce to the substrate layer 203 of the display panel 200 by using thepressing portion 30 instead of manually separating the residual material202, so that the residual material located at a lateral side of thecircuit layer 201 indirectly subjected to the pressing for cecan beseparated from the display panel 200 and freely falls off, thereby theintegrity of the end of the circuit layer 201 can be maintained and theworker's fingers can be effectively protected, the work efficiency isimproved, the labor costs is reduced, and the structure is simple and issuitable for widespread use.

As shown in FIG. 2, in an embodiment, the pressing portion 30 includes asupport 31, a rotation shaft 32, and a first pressing member 33.

The support 31 is disposed on the ground or connected to the loadingplatform 10 and configured to support the first pressing member 33.

In an application, the support 31 can be any rigid structure capable ofsupporting.

As shown in FIG. 2, the support 31 is exemplarily shown as an L-shapedstructure connected to the loading platform 10, that is, one end of thesupport 31 is disposed on the loading platform 10, and the rotationshaft 32 is disposed on the other end of the support 31.

The rotation shaft 32 is disposed on a side of the support 31.

In an application, the rotation shaft 32 is any bearing structurecapable of rotating the first pressing member 33 around the support31,which may be a fixed shaft or a movable shaft, and the fixed shaft isa bearing fixedly connected with the support 31 and configured to be notrotating relative to the support 31; the movable shaft is a bearingrotatably connected to the support 31 and configured to be rotatingrelative to the support 31.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the rotation shaft 32 isexemplarily shown as a movable shaft rotatable relative to the support31.

The first pressing member 33 is connected to the rotation shaft 32 androtatable relative to the support 31 and configured to apply a pressingforce to a side of the substrate layer 203 adjacent to the residualmaterial 202.

In an application, the first pressing member 33 only needs to berotatable relative to the support 31. When the rotation shaft 32 isfixed shaft, the first pressing member 33 is rotatable relative to therotation shaft 32, and first pressing member 33 is provided with abearing hole at an end thereof connected with the rotation shaft 32, therotation shaft 32 is held in the bearing hole such that the firstpressing member 33 can rotate relative to the rotation shaft 32; whenthe rotation shaft 32 is the movable shaft, the first pressing member 33is rotatable or non-rotatable relative to the rotation shaft 32; whenthe first pressing member 33 is non-rotatable relative to the rotationshaft 32, the first pressing member 33 is fixedly connected with therotation shaft 32.

In an application, the first pressing member 33 may be any structurecapable of being in line contact with, in surface contact with, indistributed line contact with, or in distributed point contact with thesubstrate layer 203 adjacent to a side of the residual material 202, aslong as ensured that an upper surface of a side of the substrate layer201 adjacent to the residual material 202 is evenly stressed.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the first pressing member33 is exemplarily shown as a flat plate structure.

In an embodiment, when the pressing portion 30 is in contact with thesubstrate layer 203, an acute angle formed between the first pressingmember 33 and the substrate layer 203 ranges from 15° to 75°.

In an embodiment, when the pressing portion 30 is in contact with thesubstrate layer 203, an acute angle formed between the first pressingmember 33 and the substrate layer 203 ranges from 30° to 45°, andoptionally be 38°.

In a specific application, in order to avoid damage to the substratelayer 203 when the residual material 202 is separated, a buffer layer331 made of a buffer material can be disposed on a side of the firstpressing member 33 in contact with the substrate layer 203 to enable thepressing member 33 can gently apply a pressing force to the substratelayer 203.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the first pressing member33 is exemplarily shown to include a buffer layer 331 disposed on a sideof the first pressing member 33 in contact with the substrate layer 203and configured to enable the first pressing member 33 can gently apply apressing force to the substrate layer 203.

In an application, the buffer layer 331 may be any buffer material witha hardness lower than a hardness of the substrate layer 203, forexample, one of rubber, silica gel, non-rubber material and non-silicamaterial; in which, the silica gel with a Mohs hardness ranges from50-60 and a thickness ranges from 0.5 mm-1.5 mm.

In an application, the pressing portion 30 can be manually operated orcontrolled by mechanical equipment.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, a grippable handle 332 isexemplarily shown on a side of the first pressing member 33 away fromthe rotation shaft 32.

In an application, the grippable handle 332 can be any structure that iseasily grasped by a human hand, such as an ergonomically designedstructure that conforms to the curve of the finger when the human handmaintains in the gripping motion.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the grippable handle 332is exemplarily shown as a cylindrical structure.

As shown in FIG. 3, in an embodiment, the fixing portion 20 includes apositioning member 21 and a fixing member 22.

The positioning member 21 is disposed on a side of the upper surface ofthe loading platform 10 away from the pressing portion 30 and configuredto contact with a side of the display panel 200 away from the residualmaterial 202 to define a position when the display panel 200 is disposedon the loading platform 10.

In an application, the positioning member 21 can be any structure thatcan function to limit or position the display panel 200 without causingmechanical damage to the display panel 200, for example, a positioningblock, positioning pin, etc.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the positioning member 21is exemplarily shown as a positioning block.

The fixing member 22 is disposed in contact with the upper surface ofthe substrate layer 203 and configured to apply a pressing force to thesubstrate layer 203 to fix the display panel 200 to the loading platform10.

In an application, the number of the fixing members 22 can be arrangedaccording to actual needs, and the fixing member 22can be in contractwith the substrate layer in any manner that does not mechanically damagethe substrate layer, such as in point contract with, in surface contractwith, in distributed point contract with, or in distributed line contactwith the upper surface of the substrate layer 203, and applying apressing force to the substrate layer 203 to fix the display panel 200to the loading platform 10.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, two rectangular fixingmembers 22 which apply a pressing force to the substrate layer 203 bytheir own gravity are exemplarily shown.

As shown in FIG. 4, in an embodiment, the fixing portion 20 furtherincludes a second pressing member 23 in contact with the fixing member22 and configured to control the fixing member 22 to move, thereby whenthe fixing member 22 is in contract with the substrate layer 203applying a pressing force to the substrate layer 203 by the fixingmember 22.

In an application, the second pressing member 23 can be any member thatcan control the fixing member 22 to move up and down and apply apressing force to the fixing member 22, for example, a vacuum chuck, amechanical link, a robot arm or other transmission mechanism having acorresponding function.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, the second pressingmember 23 is exemplarily shown as a vacuum chuck.

As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, the residual materialseparation device 100 further includes a first drive motor 40 and asecond drive motor 50.

The first drive motor 40 is connected to the first pressing member 33and configured to drive the first pressing member 33 to rotate such thatthe first pressing member 33 can be controlled by mechanical equipment.

In an application, the residual material separation device can includeboth the grippable handle 332 and the first drive motor 40 or only oneof them, when the residual material separation device includes thegrippable handle 332 and the first drive motor 40, the robustness of theresidual material separation device can be improved such that wheneither of the grippable handle 332 or the first drive motor 40 is unableto use, it can be replaced by another member.

The second drive motor 50 is connected to the second pressing member 23and configured to drive the second pressing member 23 to move.

In an application, the first drive motor 40 and the second drive motor50 can select as a servo motor to achieve precise control of the firstpressing member 33 and the second pressing member 23.

In an embodiment, the residual material separation device furtherincludes a control portion connected to the first drive motor 40 and thesecond drive motor 50, and the control portion can be realized by ageneral-purpose integrated circuit, such as a central processing unit(CPU).), or an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

The aforementioned embodiments are only optional embodiments of thepresent application, and should not be regarded as being limitation tothe present application. Any modification, equivalent replacement,improvement, and so on, which are made within the spirit and theprinciple of the present application, should be included in theprotection scope of the present application.

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 18. A residual material separation device, comprising: a loading platform, configured to support a display panel, wherein the display panel includes a substrate layer, a circuit layer, and residual material at a lateral side of the circuit layer, the loading platform is configured to contact with the circuit layer of the display panel and to avoid the residual material; a fixing portion, configured to contact with the substrate layer of the display panel to fix the display panel to the loading platform; a pressing portion, disposed in proximity to a side of the loading platform to apply a pressing force to a part of the substrate layer adjacent to the residual material, wherein the residual material is separated from the display panel under the action of the pressing force and freely falls off.
 19. The residual material separation device of claim 18, wherein the pressing portion comprises: a support; a rotation shaft, disposed on a side of the support; and a first pressing member, connected to the rotation shaft and rotatable relative to the support to apply a pressing force to a part of the substrate layer adjacent to the residual material.
 20. The residual material separation device of claim 19, wherein the support is in an L-shaped, an end of the support is disposed on the loading platform, and the rotation shaft is disposed on the other end of the support.
 21. The residual material separation device of claim 18, wherein the pressing portion comprises a buffer layer disposed on a side of the pressing portion in contact with the substrate layer.
 22. The residual material separation device of claim 21, wherein the buffer layer is a rubber layer or a silica gel layer with a hardness lower than a hardness of the substrate layer; and wherein the rubber layer or the silica gel layer has a Mohs hardness that ranges from 50 to 60 and a thickness that ranges from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm.
 23. The residual material separation device of claim 19, wherein the pressing portion comprises a buffer layer disposed on a side of the first pressing member in contact with the substrate layer.
 24. The residual material separation device of claim 23, wherein the buffer layer is a rubber layer or a silica gel layer with a hardness lower than a hardness of the substrate layer; and wherein the rubber layer or the silica gel layer has a Mohs hardness that ranges from 50 to 60 and a thickness that ranges from 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm.
 25. The residual material separation device of claim 18, wherein an acute angle formed between the pressing portion and the substrate layer ranges from 15° to 75°.
 26. The residual material separation device of claim 19, wherein an acute angle formed between the first pressing member and the substrate layer ranges from 15° to 75°.
 27. The residual material separation device of claim 18, wherein an acute angle formed between the pressing portion and the substrate layer ranges from 30° to 45°.
 28. The residual material separation device of claim 19, wherein an acute angle formed between the first pressing member and the substrate layer ranges from 30° to 45°.
 29. The residual material separation device of claim 19, wherein a side of the first pressing member away from the rotation shaft is provided with a grippable handle.
 30. The residual material separation device of claim 19, wherein the residual material separation device further comprises a first drive motor connected to the first pressing member to drive the first pressing member to rotate.
 31. The residual material separation device of claim 18, wherein the fixing portion comprises: a positioning member, disposed on a side of an upper surface of the loading platform away from the pressing portion and configured to contact with a side of the display panel away from the residual material to define a position of the display panel; a fixing member, configured to contact with an upper surface of the substrate layer and apply a pressing force to the substrate layer to fix the display panel to the loading platform.
 32. The residual material separation device of claim 31, wherein the fixing portion further comprises a second pressing member in contact with the fixing member to control the fixing member to move to apply a pressing force to the substrate layer via the fixing member.
 33. The residual material separation device of claim 32, wherein the residual material separation device further comprises a second drive motor connected to the second pressing member to drive the second pressing member to move.
 34. A residual material separation device, comprising: a loading platform, configured to support a display panel, wherein the display panel includes a substrate layer, a circuit layer, and residual material at a lateral side of the circuit layer, the loading platform is configured to contact with the circuit layer of the display panel and to avoid the residual material; a fixing portion, configured to contact with the substrate layer of the display panel to fix the display panel to the loading platform; a pressing portion, disposed on a side of the loading platform to apply a pressing force to a part of the substrate layer adjacent to the residual material, wherein the residual material is separated from the display panel under the action of the pressing force and freely falls off; wherein the pressing portion comprises: a support; a rotation shaft, disposed on a side of the support; and a first pressing member, connected to the rotation shaft and rotatable relative to the support to apply a pressing force to a part of the substrate layer adjacent to the residual material; and wherein an acute angle formed between the first pressing member and the substrate layer is 38°. 